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Table of Content
Introduction 3
Question 1: How well had James managed his global teams? 3
Question 2: Compare and contrast how the various teams see as the cause of the crisis? In your view, who is responsible for the HS Holding Crisis? 4
Question 3: What role did open work environment and diversity play in the case? How? 7
Question 4: What should James do in the short and long term? 9
Conclusion 11
Reference List 12
Team Distribution of Tasks: 12
Introduction
Mr Greg James is the global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc. He is facing two major issues which are the company’s crisis and the global teamwork. So Mr James seeks help from the
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So he needs to have a plan before doing something. Mr Greg James needs to be fair with every team and make all the teammate from different countries comfortable socially. He needs to bring out a leader for each team and ask them to send him a report twice a month for him easy to observe all the teams.
Mr James has to bear in mind that timely communication with team members is essential. As the global manager, he should establish a wider communication channel, video calling and telephone conference to strengthen the cooperation and integration. This will improve the frequency of communication that can better keep track the progress of work and ensure the work direction is always in an accurate way. The deviation could be soon remedied and Mr James can effectively prevent errors in work.
The global manager needs to regulate a complete policy to strict discipline, establishing a formulate team’s rules need to refer to local laws and policies. It is due to cultural difference that the country’s general policies might not be accepted in other countries. There are other factors that must be taken in account such as the different time zone of each country and the global teams’ pay differentiation. The meeting arrangements are needed to adjust the time in advance to ensure all global team members are able to participate in. Pay could be transparent and discussion of any matters should be explained clearly and openly to avoid any
All things considered, communication must be improved. It is my belief that if employees are informed and made to feel a part of a functioning team, we will see a great improvement in employee morale, more error-free projects will be produced, and client deadlines will be met with less overtime requirements. In order to open the lines of communication, to boost employee morale, to reduce the number of overtime hours, to eliminate client dissatisfaction, and to enhance the project quality, and to improve on performance, I recommend that the following steps be enacted. • • • • • • • The CEO will hold weekly staff meetings Department managers will conduct a weekly staff meeting An all-hands meeting will be held monthly Publish a monthly newsletter Place suggestion boxes in every department Implement a project tracking system Appoint an employee to schedule and monitor the progress of all projects
Clear responsibilities and roles, the structure of the team, job descriptions, competencies, accountabilities, resources, tools and equipment should all be provided. Problem solving, communicating, managing conflicts, tasks, planning meetings, performance evaluation, managing change and decision making should follow clear procedures ensuring effective team working. Positive relationships, mutual respect and trust, continuing support and inclusion, valuing diversity and listening to feedback can overcome challenges to effective team performance. A strong credible leader with clear expectations can also overcome challenges to an effective team.
3.4: Explain the importance of making sure equality and diversity procedures are followed in the workplace
People watched in shock; Protesters and none protesters circled around as Gregory Lee Johnson lit the American Flag on fire. Why would a man disrespect a symbol such as the American flag, that represents freedom, liberty and democracy? Was he protected by the constitution's first amendment? The Supreme Court answered all these questions we had by voting in favor of Johnson. Johnson's intentions were only political, and he as the freedom of speech. The Supreme Court was correct on this decision on letting Johnson go, since he was protected by his amendments, and no matter what the action was, if the amendment gives us the right, we should be entitled to our freedoms.
Ineffective communication can be devastating to a department within an organization. This usually occurs when managers do not meet with staff regularly to check in or update staff of new occurrences. Even if the manager does follow through with regular meetings the manager must abide by the three “C’s” rule of communicating with clarity, completion, and conciseness (Juneja, 2011).
3) How far should firms go to protect and accommodate employee differences in the workplace?
To identify and and explain at least 3 organisation benefits of attracting and retaining a diverse workforce
In conclusion, managing communication in the organisation is important so as to perform basic functions. Managers should be effective communicators with high levels of fluency and professionalism and must be aware of the communication cycle to achieve team goals. Effective communication within the workplace like in the company’s technical office keeps the team involved in the delivery of customer focus which increases commitment to the organisation and make for a better relationship and understanding within the team. An effective communicator understands the communication process using the appropriate communication channel such as verbal, non-verbal or written communication. The correct use of the process helps to uncover barriers and determine effective preventive steps to avoid those barriers. Furthermore, within the communication cycle, it is essential to get regular feedback, which also helps evaluate and improve the communication process which in turn can be used as a basis to develop personal development plans, identify communication strength and weaknesses
Q. 1. What were the major factors that led to the recent financial crisis? How did we get here?
Address the team members concerns about the management thinking in the light of world affairs. I would prefer to organize a session
Atmosphere during the meeting was friendly and thank to this that all team members knew each other from daily meetings effective communication was easily achieved. However, there was a few problems.
Due to these studies, it is now emphasised that good communications are vital for good management. With a standard of
From the onset, it is important to note that James and his vice president for production, John Healy, could have possibly prevented the scenario from escalating into a fully blown crisis by addressing the issue early enough. In my opinion, the company's top leadership should have acted during the second stage of the scenario, i.e. after concern deepened. The company's topmost executives instead chose to adopt the 'wait and see' stance.
In the case “Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tsedal Neeley states that lack of inappropriate communication, leadership and decision-making is root of the crisis of HS Holdings. Overall, cultural diversity is based on the idea that cultural identities should not be discarded or ignored but rather maintained and valued. In view of this, diverse cultural differences can result in organizational problems. Firstly, identify your techniques to manage his global team and recognize the root of problems. Secondly, identify you should be responsible for the crisis of HS Holdings because of miscommunication and improper leadership. Thirdly, defining the important role of open work environment and diversity play in the case in order to focus on improvement of this two. Fourthly, finding out short-term development and long-term development for James to match solving organizational problem. At the end, summing all findings in a conclusion . Mentioning Greg, he is an unquestionable technical elites. After he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Stanford University, he chose to work for the Sun Inc. Within four years, he had risen in the Data Protection and Recovery Department. Five years later, he achieved the Sun outstanding Manager award. (Neeley and Delong 5) Now, James works on a global team management position where he is struggling with team management. Within the team there was a lot of stress being built up
As illustrated in the article, “Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)”, managing a global team is an intricate task that requires special and specific skills (Neely & Delong, 2009). Greg James, the Global Manager, at Sun Microsystems is faced with many layers of problems that have manifested with a crisis with HS Holdings. Greg uncovered more serious problems as he traveled across the globe to assess problems with HS Holdings. This predicament is illustrated by his statement to Lawry, one of the Vice Presidents at Sun Microsystems, “the issues are more complex than I realized” (Neely & Delong, p.4, 2009). He has realized that